Morganton is a medium-sized city located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 17,825 people and 12 associated neighborhoods, Morganton is the 61st largest community in North Carolina.

A relatively large number of people in Morganton telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 8.12% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

One of the benefits of Morganton is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 19.09 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.

Being a small city, Morganton does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

The percentage of people in Morganton who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 26.08% of adults in Morganton have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Morganton in 2022 was $29,317, which is middle income relative to North Carolina, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $117,268 for a family of four. However, Morganton contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Morganton is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Morganton home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Morganton residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Morganton also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 22.57% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Morganton include German, Irish, English, Scots-Irish, and Italian.

The most common language spoken in Morganton is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Native American languages.